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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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SYMBOLIC PROCESS

process of thinking where certain ideas, pictures or other mental statement acts as intermediary of thought. This term is commonly…

SYMBOLIC REALIZATION

The process of realisation of strong wish or need by the use of something alternate which stands for the primary…

SYMBOLIC REWARD

The prize that doesn't have significant material value but is nevertheless extremely valuable to a person receiving it. In psychology,…

SYMBOLIC THINKING

individual's aptitude to think in symbols, ideas, hypothetic terms which is then expressed in verbal way, as artistic form, in…

SYMLOG

a theoretical and informational framework for learning about group habits. This frame starts from the point that group actions and…

SYMMETREL

Trade name for amantadine.

SYMMETRY

As a noun it is the equivalence of the stimulus, in the mathematics or statics, it is the equality relative…

SYMMETRY COMPULSION

a method to arrange different things in a certain way. The symmetry compulsion is normally associated with having an obsession…

SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

It is one of the two divisions found in the autonomic nervous system while the other will be known as…

SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS

The drugs which directly affects on the activity of sympathetic nervous system are known as sympathomimetic drugs. At adrenoreceptors, these…

SYMPATHY SEEKING

a tendency to look for emotional support by arousing sympathy in others.

SYMPATRIC SPECIES

It is the name given to the species that live in the same area or where they live in an…

SYMPTOM CHECKLIST-90-R (SCL-90-R)

a report inventory that it s used to measure the distress and other psychological symptoms. It helps to identify if…

SYMPTOM CLUSTER

These are a group of related symptoms occurring together as syndrome.

SYMPTOM REMOVAL

Psychotherapy. eliminating symptoms by direct treatment without addressing the underlying issues. See surface therapy.

SYMPTOM SPECIFICITY

It is the hypothesis that states that people who have the psychosomatic disorder may display some abnormality to the stress…

SYMPTOMATOLOGY

1. The combination of signs, markers or indications of a disease or disorder. 2. The scientific study of the markers…

SYMPTOM-CONTEXT METHOD

It is a system of getting the data about the symptoms, which take place in vivo, and in the psychotherapy…

SYNANON

It is a residential program for the drug treatment and it uses both the peer pressure as well as the…

SYNAPSE

It is a place where different neural signals are normally transmitted from a certain neuron to another. It is agap…